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HOG KONG DAILY PRESS

QUEEN'S

DAILY AT 2-30-515·7·20 R"9-30 ·TEL3/453.

SHOWING

TO-DAY

Glowing Romance "Riotous Gaiety! Don't wait for your friends to tell you how.

IRENE

DUNNE.

Joy of

וייי

swell it is!

Living

DOUGLAS

FAIRBANKS Jr.

with

ALICE BRADY

Guy Kibbee, Jean Dixon,

Eric Biore, Lucille Ball, «

Warren Hymer

Directed by Tay Garneti-Produced by Felix Young. A Screen play by Gans Towne, Graham Enbar, Allon Seoh. by Derby and Herbert Fields.

Today's Screenings

Hong Kong

KINGS:-

"Happy Landing"

QUEEN'S; -

"Joy Of Living"

ORIENTAL:on

"Tovarich"

Kowloon

"Condemned Women'

ALHAMBRA¦--

STAR:-

"The Mummy" MAJESTIC:-

"Lost Horizon"

Coming

KING'S:-

Based on an original story KKO ZADIO PICTURE

QUEEN

Lyrics by

DOROTHY FIELDS

Tay Garnett Production.

☐ ALSO SHOWING

'Donald Duck in "DONALD'S BETTER SELF"

NEXT

CHANGE

**SHOWS

DAILY

230 $20

720-910

be

THE KID COMES BACK` Wayne Morris June Travis

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

NATHAN

ROAD KOWLOON TEL 57222

MATINEES. 201·30: ° EVENINGS. 20. -30‹-50c:70)

SHOWING. TODAY

NOTE SPECIAL TIMES: 2.30.-5.00, 7.30 & 9.43 P.M. THE GREATEST PICTERE OF THIS OR ANY YEAR !

RONALD COLMAN

LOST HORIZON

"When Thiet Meets Thier"

"The Kid Comes Back" ORIENTAL:-

"Cafe Metropole”

ALHAMBKA:-

"Checkers"

STAR:-

"You're A Sweetheart" "Gold Is Where You

Find It"

"Stella Dallas" MAJESTIC:—

f

"Piccadilly Jim"

SONJA HENIE'S

NEW FILM

A whole new world of joy and wonder comes winging from the snow-silvered Norseland with America & newest and sweetest sv'eetheart. Sonja Hente's up- -pearance, in "Happy Landing " which opens today at the King's Theatre.

This che, estatically graceful Norse nymph

Who astonish- ed the cntlre world Witli her skill 35 a skåter and an actress. 19-radiantly reunited with

her "One

In A Mil- Boa" sweetheart. Don Ameche, in their third hit.

Surpassing the breathless sensa- tions of "Thin Ice." singing scin- tillating songs by Pokrass and Yellen. Sonja veritably brings happy tidings and thrills as she has never thrilled before.

GENERAL

SWEDISH SKATING STAR'S LATEST

Sonja Henie and Don Ameche Happy Landing" with Jean Hersholt, Ethel Merman and Ce ar Romero showing today at the King's Theatre.

JOY OF LIVING BEHIND

A distinctly different" type of musical drama is heralded in "Joy of Living." starring Irene Dunne

and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. with new Jerome Kern melodies woven into the sprightly plot,

PENITENTIARY

WALLS

How a girl imperils her life and all her hopes of freedom and hap- The story deals with a stormy piness in a deperate effort to keep romance between Miss Dunne, a from ruining the "career of the popular musical

comedy" star man she loves. forms the power- whose huge income is lavished on ful theme of "Condemned Wo-:) her selfish family, and Fairbanks, men." in which Sally Ellers. Louis a self-confident young man who Hayward and Ann Shirley have has disinherited his rich relatives principal roles. to become a sort of sea vagabond. Most of the absorbing action of who preaches a doctrine of attain-the story is laid within the grim ing happiness by doing what you wails of a women's penitentiary, want to do.

to which Miss Eilers is sent to the serve a three-year sentence, and where Hayward, a young psychiat- rist, is assigned to study the in- mates. Their meetings develop into romance.

"Joy of Living". opens at Queen's Theatre today.

WHO TOLD YOU THAT?

"Come on, let's get married," said the boy. "It will be quite easy because my father's a minister."

"Okay..

replied the giri. "Let's try it, anyway. My father's a lawyer."

Told by the sympathetic warden thas a marriage would wreck Hay- ward's future. Miss Ellers accepts an important part in a daring escape plot as the only way to dis-

lusion him.

"Condemned Women" opens at the Alhambra Theatre today.

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happy landing

JEAN HERSHOLT ETHEL MERMAN CESAR ROMERO

BILLY GILBERT RAYMOND SCOTT QUINTET WALLY VERNON - LEAH RAY Directed by Roy Del Rum Kavga eta Pradover Bred Peashed Oral Serna May to darbining

Sonya! Songs! Songs? Things by tauran

(Yoline)

Wardan My Hea

Also Latest Fox Movietone News

NEXT CHANGE

UNITED ARTISTS

*

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, Jr. in WHEN THIEF MEETS THIEF'

ALHAMBRA

NATHAN AD, HOWTOON-DARY AT 3, 30-320-220 & 9,30 •TEL.SDODA

TODAY AND TOMORROW NO PONCHES PULLED IN THIS SENSATIONAL DRAMA OF HEARTS IN BOMDAGE

CONDEMNED

A prison drama that will open your eyes

with

SALLY EILERS LOUIS HAYWARD ANNE SHIRLEY Directed by Law Landers, Pro- duced by Robert Siak, Story und screen play by Lianul Houser IKO-RADIO FICTURE

ADDED SHORTS

SUNDAY 26th Century

Fox Picture

WOMEN

WALT DISNEY'S DUCK

"DONALD'S NEPHEWS"

& MARCH OF TIME

iri

JANE WITHERS

CHECKERS

Stuart Erwin

Una Markel

KJ

with Jane Wyatt - John Howard - Margo · Thomas Mitchail Edward Everett Horton Isabel Jewell Screen Play by ROBERT RISKIN A COLUMBIA PICTURE

TUESDAY, ONE DAY ONLY

RETURN SHOWING BY SPECIAL REQUEST:

ROBERT MONTGOMERY in

AT

1:30

STO

720

920

JANE WITHERS

IN TOWN

1 Solicitude

5 Who wrote

Fables in

Slang?

8 Observed

There 13 wild excitement and 11 City in cheers as Jane Withers rides down Algeria the home stretch in "Checkers," 12 Vehicle her newest Twentieth Century-13. King who Fox picture, but what will thrill married most of all is the grand human

Gudrun story. the uproarious fun, the 14 Prominent aching thrills and the bright en- chantment that come once

very young life.

• Jane recently was voted one of the six most popular stars of to- day and in this story of 'galloping hoofs and gallant hearts she's at her very best,

ridges in

-cloth

15 What beauti-

ful youth in Greek myth- ology was loved by the

moon god- dess?

Stuart Edwin and Una Merkel play the lovebirds in" a hilarious 17 Beverage seven-year romance, and Marvin 18 Biblical

Stephens, the bad boy of "Borrow- "PICCADILLY JIH

A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Brilliant Cousedy

STAR

TOMORROW

Now I'niversal Pictore

TODAY ONLY

KARLOFF

THE UNCANNY

The

MUMMY

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George Murphy

Alice Faye

·YOU'RE A SWEETHEART"

HE. the Governor and Lady

His Excellency the Governor and

Northcote will attend the annual Lady Northcote will attend Divine

nama

ing Trouble." is the first crush" 19 Having of Jane's screen career.

"Checkers" opens at the Alham- ba Theatre tomorrow.

THE LADY PROTESTS

Iruiting spikes

20 Small boy 22 Orient. 24 Those who

proclaim the Gospel.mes-

*I admit I took some drinks to relieve a pain but I was not drunk 27 and incapable. How could I have walked to the hospital and then to the police station if I was in- capable?" asked Meenachi, a Tami woman; who was charged with be- 32. ing drunk and incapable on Bel- field-street. ·

It was pointed out to her that the doctor had certified that she was intoxicated, to which she re- torted: "Let the doctor come and give evidence and if he says I was incapable I will plead guilty"

sage

Comfort

One who makes a pre-

datory incur- sion

What presl- dent of the Transvaal

..had the name changed to.. the South African Re- public?

34 Actual being 35 Promising

37 Rave

39 Worm 40 Who is the Cean of Princeton?

Solation No. 42 THREE TRAGE 81 GHOULS TETAPES REVELST MARINE U 8E 81TELAT TO AW MIRTS NORTTA TE E 8 8 AYTIKIL LED TTIIN S BE ETT T PATROLTIRATED AMATDARTSTE A 51 Mignify TOM LINEETANIL 52 Utilise

43' Colour 45 Gratuity 48 Stopped 150 Feririlne

name

prizegiving at the Diocesan Girls' Bervice at St. John's Cathedral onE VADED PALACE [53 Verbal

School on Thursday, when Lady Sunday at 11 am. His Excellency Northcote will present the awards. will, read the Lesson

RELAT EYEKE OTS 54. SAIC" TDEBAR TEASE ST 55 Interdict

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DOWN

1 Feminine

name

2 Exterior

covering of seeds

3 Who wrote Gargantua "and Panta-

gruel? Being in the most abstract

sense Declare

6 Who inter-

preted the handwriting on the wall for Belshaz.. zar?

? Conclusion 8 Agitate.

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resin

10 Twist 13 Non-pro- fessionals,

18 Affirmative 18 Who was

ambassador to France under

Hoover? Walter--70

Hans Chris- tian-7

23 Requests

21 Sooner than

25 Duct in

anatomy

28 Biblical

'hame

28 Officers of

the king's forest

20 Japanese

copper coln *30 Unit of

Quergy 33 Regretted 36. What vil-

lage of the Piedmont on the shore of Läke Maggi- ore, la health resort poted for its beauty?

38 Beast of

burden

40 Schools of whales

41 Plane sur-

face

43. River-in

Russia

English

"Foreign Mini-

ister?.

·48 Perala 47. Having little

colour Wooden

21 Who was the famous Dan- Ish writer of fuiry tales?:

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the deer

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“CAFE METROPOLE”

A stupendous comedy romance of Paris night life. MATINEES: 20-30% EVENINGS: 20c.-30c.-50c.-70c.

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

TODAY

Anniversaries and

Holidays. Fellowship, 10.30 am.

Dominion Day, (Canada), The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord, Bank Holiday.".

Cinemas (See Column 3 of this Fage).

Lectures Air Bald Frecautions, The Peak Club, 11 a.m.; Chinese JY.W.O.A., 38C, Bonham Road, HK,

8 pan

Mails(500. Püra: 10).

Meeting, Helena May Christian Miscellaneous-Photo Exhibition, The White House, 12 Des Voeux Road Central A

Meon VL Moon 4th Day, Social Cheero Club Contract Bridge, & pa

Sports(See Fage 10), Sunrise-6.42 am Sunset 7,11

p.m.

Tides-High at 00.28 and 11.20. Low at 04.38 and 18.25

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